Lord Charles Spencer

The Right Honourable Lord Charles Spencer PC

Joint Postmaster General with The Lord Auckland (1801–1804) and The Duke of Montrose (1804–1806)
In office 1801–1806
Monarch	George III
Prime Minister	Henry Addington Hon. William Pitt the Younger
Preceded by	The Lord Auckland Earl Gower
Succeeded by	The Earl of Carysfort The Earl of Buckinghamshire
Master of the Mint
In office 1806–1806
Monarch	George III
Prime Minister	Hon. William Pitt the Younger
Preceded by	The Earl Bathurst
Succeeded by	Charles Bathurst
Personal details
Born	31 March 1740 (1740-03-31)
Died	16 June 1820 (1820-06-17)
Nationality	British
Spouse(s)	Hon. Mary Beauclerk (1743-1812)

Lord Charles Spencer PC (31 March 1740 – 16 June 1820) was a British politician and courtier from the Spencer family.

Background

Spencer was the second son of Charles Spencer, 3rd Duke of Marlborough, and the Hon. Elizabeth, daughter of Thomas Trevor, 2nd Baron Trevor. George Spencer, 4th Duke of Marlborough, was his elder brother.^[1]

Political career

Spencer sat as Member of Parliament for Oxfordshire from 1761 to 1790 and 1796 to 1801^[2] and was sworn of the Privy Council in 1763.^[3] He served as Comptroller of the Household from 1763 to 1765, as a Junior Lord of the Admiralty from 1768 to 1779 and as Treasurer of the Chamber from 1779 to 1782, when that sinecure post was abolished. He was later Postmaster General from 1801 to 1806 and Master of the Mint in 1806. From 1808 until his death he was a Lord of the Bedchamber to George III.

Family

Portrait of Lady Charles Spencer by Sir Joshua Reynolds

Spencer married Mary Beauclerk (4 December 1743 – 13 January 1812), daughter of Vere Beauclerk, 1st Baron Vere and sister of Aubrey Beauclerk, 5th Duke of St Albans, on 2 October 1762. They had three sons.^[1]^[4]

Robert Spencer (circa 1764 – 1831)
John Spencer (21 December 1767 – 17 December 1831)
William Robert Spencer (9 January 1769 – 23 October 1834)

Lady Charles Spencer died in January 1812 aged 68. Spencer survived her by eight years and died in June 1820, aged 80.^[1]

References

1 2 3 thepeerage.com Lord Charles Spencer
↑ leighrayment.com House of Commons: Ochil to Oxford University
↑ The London Gazette: no. 10306. p. 1. 19 April 1763.
↑ Burkes Peerage (1939 edition), s.v Marlborough, Duke

Cannon, John (2010) [2004]. "Spencer, Charles". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/26118. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)

Parliament of Great Britain
Preceded by Viscount Parker Sir Edward Turner, Bt	Member of Parliament for Oxfordshire with Sir James Dashwood, Bt 1761–1768 The Viscount Wenman 1768–1790 1761–1790	Succeeded by The Marquess of Blandford The Viscount Wenman
Preceded by The Marquess of Blandford The Viscount Wenman	Member of Parliament for Oxfordshire with John Fane 1796–1801	Succeeded by Lord Francis Spencer John Fane
Political offices
Preceded by George Onslow	Out-Ranger of Windsor Forest 1763	Succeeded by Benjamin Bathurst
Preceded by George Onslow	Surveyor of Gardens and Waters 1763	Succeeded by John Marshe Dickinson
Preceded by Humphry Morice	Comptroller of the Household 1763–1765	Succeeded by Thomas Pelham
Preceded by George Rice	Treasurer of the Chamber 1779–1782	Office abolished
Preceded by The Lord Auckland Earl Gower	Postmaster General 1801–1806 with The Lord Auckland 1801–1804 The Duke of Montrose 1804-1806	Succeeded by The Earl of Carysfort The Earl of Buckinghamshire
Preceded by The Earl Bathurst	Master of the Mint 1806	Succeeded by Charles Bathurst
Honorary titles
Preceded by The Duke of Marlborough	Senior Privy Counsellor 1817–1820	Succeeded by The Lord Carteret

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